
"Hood Politics"
Author(s) -
Richard Spradlin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
stance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-1899
pISSN - 1943-1880
DOI - 10.33043/s.9.1.41-50
Subject(s) - narrative , argument (complex analysis) , politics , sociology , aesthetics , epistemology , linguistics , art , political science , philosophy , law , biochemistry , chemistry
This paper explores the possibility of music to transformthe way we understand each other. In particular, it looks at thegenre of hip-hop and the ways in which it can serve as a vehicle forunderstanding black experience. I argue that hip-hop’s structuralelements allow artists to convey their living narrative in a way thatrecognizes, challenges, and changes our conceptual understandingof the black body. Using the works of Darby English and HarryNethery, I examine hip-hop and apply their arguments to twospecific rappers in order to illustrate my argument.